Ontario: One Year Since HST Victory However Implementation Issues Still Abound

Ontario: One Year Since HST Victory However Implementation Issues Still Abound   Today the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) note that it has been one year since First Nations in Ontario won a historic battle to retain their point of sale tax (PST) exemption for First Nations citizens. This was after the Ontario government attempted to impose the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), effectively ignoring First Nations’ right to tax exemption. This would have meant that First Nations citizens in Ontario would have...

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